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an.3.46 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Virtuous

“Bhikkhus, when virtuous renunciants dwell in dependence on a village or a town, the people there generate much merit in three ways. What three? By body, speech, and mind. When virtuous renunciants dwell in dependence on a village or a town, the people there generate much merit in these three ways.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

Ethical

“Mendicants, when ethical renunciates are supported by a town or village,
the people there make much merit in three ways.
What three?
By way of body, speech, and mind.
When ethical renunciates are supported by a town or village,
the people there make much merit in these three ways.”